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We Call for a Mental Health System that Puts Human Rights First

20 June 2025

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The National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum has published its final piece of work titled “We Call for a Mental Health System that Puts Human Rights First.”

It is an empowering position statement calling for bold leadership, real investment in rights-based approaches, and a commitment to ending practices in the mental health system that harm.
 
We are asking decision-makers, influencers, and leaders in the mental health sector to take up the baton to build a safe, human rights-based, and person-led mental health system in Australia which focuses on:
• Safety without harm,
• Validation and respect, and
• Real choice and agency
 
Let’s move from rhetoric to resolution.

Position Statement

NMHCCF Final Position Statement - We Call for a Mental Health System that Puts Human Rights First